community Experts

Bree Akesson

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social WorkWilfrid Laurier University

Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University who conducts research with children and families affected by war and global social work

Golden Richard III

ProfessorLouisiana State University

Expert in cybersecurity, specializing in malware analysis, reverse engineering, and digital forensics.

Trevor Zink, Ph.D.

Professor of Management and Sustainability, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Whitney Battle-Baptiste

Professor of Anthropology / Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois CenterUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Whitney Battle-Baptiste is a historical archaeologist whose research intersects with Black Studies and history.

Jim Finkelstein

President and CEOFutureSense, LLC

A contrarian who is a stimulating speaker; an expert in people and organization strategy and a "millennial in boomer clothing"

Professor Sue Backhouse

Professor of Sport Psychology and Behavioural NutritionLeeds Beckett University

Her particular expertise is in athlete welfare, drug use in sport, why athletes dope, what makes athletes vulnerable to doping and more.

Anissa Freeman Starnes

Regional Development DirectorConstant Contact, Inc.

Entertaining Educational Marketing Expert - North & South Carolina

Andrea Paras

Assistant Professor, Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Guelph

Professor Andrea Paras specialises in the ethics of international humanitarianism, with a special interest in religion and politics.

Raymond Tucker

Associate ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Tucker’s research is in the area of suicide prevention.

Rebecca L. George

Instructor of Anthropology and Assistant Director of Forensic Anthropology FacilitiesWestern Carolina University

Rebecca L. George focuses on the utility of dental morphology and metrics to estimate population affinity within forensic anthropology.